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Chapter 707
Zeke's provocation made Arthur Draker frown and say.
"You'll annihilate me? Ha! Go ahead and try if you can!"
The radiance emanating from Arthur Draker tried to devour the body of Terakan Draker who was bound to a cross-shaped frame.
Nevertheless, Zeke, holding Excalibur, remained unmoved and stood his ground.
But then, something flew quickly from behind Arthur Draker.
KROARARARARA!
It was the Shadow Dragon Bahamut who had escaped the dimension with Zeke.
Flying at a fierce speed, Bahamut opened its mouth wide and poured out the power of shadows, neutralizing the radiance that was trying to devour Terakan Draker.
Seeing this, Arthur Draker shouted with a face like a demon.
"A mere shell of a dragon!"
He turned his body and was about to throw a spear made of radiance toward the charging Bahamut.
But Zeke didn't miss that moment.
In an instant, Zeke crossed space to close the distance and tried to plunge his sword into the back of Arthur Draker who had spread his wings of radiance.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
The wings of radiance rose up trying to block Zeke who held Excalibur.
But the brilliant light wrapped around Excalibur dug through the radiance and stabbed into Arthur Draker's back.
"KUAAAAAARGH!"
Arthur Draker, whose attention was momentarily diverted to Bahamut, ended up allowing a fatal attack from Zeke.
The radiance wrapped around his body spread out in all directions like an exploding sun.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Zeke stretched out his hand toward Arthur Draker's radiance that was blazing as if it would burn the entire abandoned continent, and unfurled the Milky Way.
The shadow containing starlight spread out and enveloped the exploding radiance, protecting the abandoned continent.
In that gap, Bahamut flew in from the side and quickly snatched Terakan Draker who was bound to the cross-shaped frame.
WHEEEEEEEE!
Seeing Bahamut flying away quickly with Terakan Draker in its mouth, Arthur Draker shouted in rage.
"Where do you think you're going?!"
As he stretched out his hand, chains of light connected to Terakan Draker's frame revealed themselves.
Due to the tightly pulled chains of light, Bahamut, who had been flying away, had no choice but to stop in place.
As Bahamut stopped, dozens of chains of light shot out from the frame restraining Terakan Draker and began to wrap around Bahamut's body.
CHWARARARARUK!
Following Terakan Draker, Bahamut too was now restrained by Arthur Draker.
Seeing this, Arthur Draker smiled with a satisfied face, pulling the corners of his mouth as if he had never been angry.
"Zeke Draker, both your father and mother are in my hands now. If you don't listen to me, your father's soul and your mother's body will be annihilated!"
Arthur Draker was threatening Zeke by taking Terakan Draker and Bahamut hostage.
Looking at Arthur Draker, Zeke shook his head.
"Arthur Draker, once I had you as my goal. Although many of the things you did were not just, I thought there were aspects worthy of respect as a knight."
WOOWOOWOOWOONG!
The divine power surged even more fiercely from Zeke's body.
Zeke's divine power, having completely absorbed the power of primordial light, was strong enough to overwhelm Metatron's power.
Zeke continued speaking while glaring at Arthur Draker with his golden glowing eyes.
"But you were nothing more than a vile fantasist, nothing more, nothing less. You were merely desperate to hide your weak skills and self-esteem behind the illusion of being a perfect knight."
At Zeke's insult, Arthur Draker bit down hard on his molars and shouted.
"You bastard child, you've got nothing but words! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even exist here!"
Zeke nodded at Arthur Draker's words.
"Yes, you should have killed me then. When I was a helpless infant, or before I found the power of the Immortal."
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
The divine power flowing from Zeke's body began to control the entire space.
Arthur Draker was surprised by Zeke's momentum but tried to maintain composure as he gripped the chains of light.
"You're bluffing because you're worried about the hostages. Zeke, I know you better than anyone. You say otherwise, but you must be anxious with your real father and mother in my grasp."
Zeke slowly raised his hand at Arthur Draker's words.
"Arthur Draker, as you say, I am emotional and immersed in trivial feelings. So it's true that I'm concerned about them."
Arthur Draker's eyes widened in surprise as Zeke honestly revealed his feelings.
Zeke looked at Arthur Draker and said.
"That's why I sought to have stronger power than anyone else. To protect those dear to me."
With those words, Zeke snapped his fingers.
TTAK!
Simultaneously, the chains of light binding Terakan and Bahamut broke by themselves.
TUDUDUDUK!
As the chains of light broke, Bahamut immediately flew up into the sky with Terakan in its mouth.
Seeing this, Arthur Draker shouted with an expression of disbelief.
"How is this possible?!"
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
He could feel Zeke's divine power rising around his body.
Meanwhile, Arthur Draker's radiance was losing its light due to Zeke's divine power.
Zeke looked at Arthur Draker and said.
"Metatron's radiance originally belonged to the Great Constellation Lord Lucifer, who was an arrogant savior and 'One Who Shines By Himself'."
The first being to rebel against the primordial light.
Lucifer became a fallen constellation because of this and lost most of his power.
Metatron inherited Lucifer's power and through it sought to become the creator of a new world in place of the primordial light.
Zeke spoke as he watched Arthur Draker's diminishing radiance.
"With fake light that merely imitates the primordial light, you cannot illuminate anything. Moreover, could you, who isn’t even Metatron, handle this with your vile soul?"
Arthur Draker spread his wings of radiance in anger at Zeke's words.
"SHUT UUUUUP!"
He forcibly pushed back Zeke's divine power that was pressing on him and exploded his radiance again.
PAJIJIJIJIJIK!
In an instant, the surroundings were engulfed in a storm of radiance, and destructive bolts of light struck in all directions.
They flew toward the ark and other warships behind Zeke, but were blocked by the wall of the Milky Way.
The light shot by Arthur Draker was only absorbed into the Milky Way, shining as small starlight.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
Arthur Draker's body, grotesquely inflated, was developing small cracks as it failed to properly handle the power, just as Zeke had said.
The divine sword embedded in his chest was causing violent vibrations.
Arthur Draker was forcibly holding together his body that seemed about to collapse, while forcibly extracting Metatron's power.
"You alone, I will never forgive."
Zeke could clearly see Arthur Draker's vile soul.
The soul of a coward who gathered power through shortcuts and scheming rather than the righteous path was dried up and had unfillable holes.
That's why Arthur Draker couldn't help but feel inferior to Zeke, who didn't fear hardship and took one more step forward.
He felt intimidated by Zeke's strong soul, which contrasted with his own vile one.
"DIEEEEEE!"
Arthur Draker charged toward Zeke while wrapped in radiance.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Arthur Draker, who had become a giant spear himself, rushed at Zeke.
Zeke raised Excalibur toward Arthur Draker and took a dragon-slaying stance.
It was the posture of the dragon-slaying technique he had learned when he first held a sword in his cradle.
The most basic sword form of the dragon-slaying technique that Arthur Draker himself had taught him once, first and last.
WOOWOOWOOWOOWOONG!
Divine power settled in Zeke's sword and began to resonate with the entire dimension.
Zeke slowly swung his sword toward Arthur Draker who was charging with the momentum to completely annihilate his soul.
Dragon-Slaying Basic Form
Chapter 1 Verse 1
Sky Slash
The first sword form of the dragon-slaying technique unfolded from Zeke's sword.
It was a simple motion of drawing the sword horizontally, but the Sky Slash unfolding from Zeke's sword was on a different level.
JJEOJEOJEOJEOZUK!
The sky above the abandoned continent split along the arc drawn by the sword.
Beyond the split sky, the universe with countless stars unfolded.
Simultaneously, cracks formed in the giant spear of light flying toward Zeke.
Like the sky splitting, the spear of light that Arthur Draker's body had directly created was split.
PASSSSSSSS
The radiant light wrapping Arthur Draker's body began to scatter in a shower of light.
Arthur Draker, who had been charging toward Zeke, had to stop and reveal his physical body that had been hidden in the light.
"KUHEOUK...."
The body made from the four great angels had already petrified and fallen away.
Even his body, strengthened by embedding a black star in his chest, had already used up its power, broken and cracked all over.
Violent vibrations resonated from the divine sword embedded in Arthur Draker's heart.
As his body collapsed, Metatron's power, which had traveled back through time, was howling while trapped inside the divine sword.
Arthur Draker, his entire body split, faced Zeke.
Looking at Zeke, he said.
"Zeke... I..."
Zeke looked at him and recalled the Arthur Draker of long ago who had abandoned him when he became useless.
As the head of the Draker family and the overlord, he was larger and more fearsome than anyone else.
That Arthur Draker was now barely holding onto his vile soul, on the verge of annihilation.
Zeke took one step toward Arthur Draker and spoke.
"Arthur Draker, it’s time for you to disappear."
With his words, Arthur Draker's body began to collapse and scatter.
At that moment.
Arthur Draker gripped the divine sword pierced in his heart and glared at Zeke.
"You,…..I will never..."
Forcibly holding his disintegrating body together, Arthur Draker pulled out the divine sword that had been pierced in his heart.
At that moment, Arthur Draker's wretched soul was completely annihilated.
However, Metatron's soul, which had been sealed inside the sword, was released and took its place.
RUMBLEEEEEEE!
Arthur Draker's nearly shattered body began to regenerate as if time were flowing backward.
TSSSSSS!
The scattered angel fragments attached to Metatron's cracked body.
Although the angel fragments stuck haphazardly to his body, the cracks didn't completely heal.
Though in an imperfect state, Metatron, who had completely taken over Arthur Draker's body, spoke in an eerie voice.
【Zeke Draker... impurity. I will annihilate you...】
Metatron, freed from his seal, also harbored a deep hatred for Zeke.
As if to demonstrate that hatred, a loud resonating sound began to emerge from the divine sword Metatron held.
Simultaneously, the surface of the divine sword split open, and something revealed itself from within.
GRRRRRRR!
What emerged from the cracks in the divine sword was none other than traces of the sealed Chaos God.
The Chaos God revealed its presence from within the divine sword, emitting distorted causality.
At the same time, the twisted causality created by the Chaos God enveloped Metatron's fragile body.
TSSSSSSSS!
As Metatron's god-like body merged with the power of the Chaos God, tentacles with teeth and eyeballs began to protrude from the fissured cracks.
GRRRRRRR!
Metatron, once called ‘The Most Noble One Above the Heavens’, the highest celestial constellation in the heavenly realm, had willingly thrown himself to the power of the Chaos God, turning his body into an outer beings.
Metatron's body, which had escaped the laws through distorted causality, grew increasingly gigantic to match the power of his soul, while also becoming more hideous.
CRRRRRAAACK!
The radiant wings of light transformed into slimy tentacles like those of a beast, and his body was filled with squirming organic matter.
With his transformed body, Metatron emanated red eye-light and stretched out both arms.
Then, a giant mouth appeared in the sky that Zeke had split open.
As that mouth gaped wide, a hole like the abyss formed.
Zeke furrowed his brow as he looked at the hole in the sky summoned by Metatron.
'That is...?'
At that moment, countless outer beings began to emerge from the hole in the sky.
GRRRRRRR!
Zeke could identify the nature of these outer beings at a glance.
Those that had transformed into outer beings due to distorted causality were angels from the celestial realm.